30 dates challenge

30 Dates, One Year On … The Ones Who Got Away!

September 29, 2014

Over the past three months, 13 of the 30 Dates, or rather 12 of the original 30 Dates, and the Skype Date, all returned to the blog to tell us what they’ve been up to in the past year. One found love in Vietnam and brought her home with him [...]

30 Dates, One Year On … The Enigma

September 29, 2014

It’s September 29th, which means exactly a year ago today I finished my 30 Dates, trekking up to the Hollywood sign in LA with the Hollywood Actor. 30 Blind Dates down, a whole year of adventures to come! As one of the birthday cards [...]

30 Dates, One Year On … The Skype Date

September 11, 2014

Diligent 30 Dates readers will know The Skype Date wasn’t an official one of the Original 30. Though if I’d been officially counting, I actually went on 31 first dates in the three months before my 30th birthday. I met the Skype Date [...]

30 Dates, One Year On … The Challenger

August 20, 2014

It’s a year since I did the original 30 Dates Challenge – three months of dating which launched a career change I could never have imagined, and still haven’t quite got my head around! To celebrate the year anniversary of the [...]

30 Dates, One Year On … The Big Kid

August 17, 2014

This time last year, I was midway through my 30 Dates Challenge. I had just flown to Spain, and was about to go on Dates 15 and 16 in Madrid. Hopefully later this month we should hear what the Argentine Matador has been up to in the year since I [...]

The Catch 22 of Being a Dating Blogger

April 13, 2014

It’s a weird situation, dating and blogging about it. I’ve always tried to be as open about the blog as possible with guys. In the beginning, the blog was all about the 30 Dates challenge, and my dates were willing volunteers. Often they’d [...]

Table for Two?

March 29, 2014

A number of you reading this post, particularly anyone based in England, will remember a dating show called ‘Streetmate’. Davina McCall (pre-Big Brother), would find a random singleton in the street, and make it her job to play Cupid. [...]

Heading off on the First Date Around the World

March 21, 2014

I’ve always felt at home in airports. I realise that’s perhaps an odd comment for such constantly transient surroundings, but after three years travelling the globe alone, they were one of few constants. No matter where I was in the world, [...]

How To Get Over Someone – Step Three: Find a Distraction

February 21, 2014

Firstly, thank you everyone for your lovely messages. I guess one of the most touching parts about the worldwide community of singles which has developed thanks to 30 Dates, is the sense of union it has formed, and the recognition that so many of [...]

The Eighth Date of Christmas

January 2, 2014

New Year’s Day is never a good day to schedule a first date! For a start, there’s the rather obvious hangover aspect. And then there’s the January weather to contend with, which at present in England is ghastly. So quite why I decided to [...]